mono: onedi-: twooligo: a fewpoly: a lotThe limit between the last 2 groups is not always very clear. If we should believe wikipedia, for saccharides, the break point would be 10 units. For other molecules it might be longer (DNA primers, typically 20 to 30 nt long will still be oligonucleotides)

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canalon wrote:mono: onedi-: twooligo: a fewpoly: a lotThe limit between the last 2 groups is not always very clear. If we should believe wikipedia, for saccharides, the break point would be 10 units. For other molecules it might be longer (DNA primers, typically 20 to 30 nt long will still be oligonucleotides)

canalon wrote:mono: onedi-: twooligo: a fewpoly: a lotThe limit between the last 2 groups is not always very clear. If we should believe wikipedia, for saccharides, the break point would be 10 units. For other molecules it might be longer (DNA primers, typically 20 to 30 nt long will still be oligonucleotides)